mormaershipn.
/mɔːˈmɛːʃɪp/, U.S. /ˌmɔrˈmɛrˌʃɪp/, Scottish English /mɔrˈmerʃɪp/ Scottish. Now historical and rare.
The province under the supervision of a mormaer. Also: the position or office of mormaer.
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mormaerdom1860
1837 W. F. Skene Highlanders Scotl. II. ix. 294 The Rikis or districts in Scotland mentioned in the Sagas..which are exactly synonymous with maormorships.
1893 Dict. National Biogr. XXXIV. 268/1 On the death of Macbeth in 1057 he [sc. Lulach] succeeded to the mormaership of Moray, and was set up as king by the people of Alban.
a2005 R. R. Davies Lords & Lordship (2009) i. 23 Eight [earldoms]..held by native families often, as at Strathearn, with all the powers and traditions of Celtic mormaorship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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